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An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!